December 2018 - Rock and Roll Globe

“The Last”

December 31, 2018December 31, 2018 Eric Davidson 0 Comments 1991, The Replacements

The last song on the last Replacements album on the last day of the year

Blues Country and/or Western Electronic Folk Heavy Metal Hip Hop jazz New Wave Pop Punk Rock Soul

The Rock and Roll Globe Top 20 Albums of 2018

December 31, 2018January 5, 2019 rnrglobe 0 Comments 2018, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Imposters, John Prine, Kacey Musgraves, Neneh Cherry, Richard Thompson

Counting down our faves from a weird, wild year

Rock

Real Songs For Real People

December 28, 2018December 28, 2018 j. poet 0 Comments Penury Pop, Portlandia, Rachel Taylor Brown

Dispatches from modern life with Rachel Taylor Brown

Blues Folk jazz

“It’s Just A Box of Wood”

December 28, 2018December 28, 2018 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 12-string guitar, Leo Kottke, Mike Gordon

A conversation with Leo Kottke

Alternative Rock Pop Punk Rock

Stirring Tunes in 2018: Big Bliss, Pusha T, Yo La Tengo

December 28, 2018December 27, 2018 Blake Smith 0 Comments Amen Dunes, Beak, Big Bliss, Camp Cope, Chappo, CK Mann & His Carousel 7, Craig Ross, Dean Wareham and Cheval Sombre, Exploded View, Grapetooth, North Americans, Ovlov, Paul Jacobs, Peel Dream Magazine, Peggy Gou, Pusha T, Sha La Das, Shintaro Sakamoto, Skinny Pelembe, Sonoda, The Orielles, Tim Ruttili, Tropical Fuck Storm, Viagra Boys, Warm Drag, Whyte Horses, Yo La Tengo

A Compendium of Music That Mattered, Including Something Called Tropical Fuck Storm

jazz

Piano Colossus

December 27, 2018December 27, 2018 Brad Cohan 1 Comment John Zorn, Knitting Factory, Naked City, Nirvana, Seattle, Soundgarden, Wayne Horvitz

An exclusive, career-spanning chat with Wayne Horvitz

Hip Hop Punk Soul

2018 RNRG Book of the Year

December 27, 2018 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments Ad-Rock, Beastie Boys, Beastie Boys Book, MCA, Mike D

A long time Beastie Boys pal celebrates the tome that tells it all

Blues Rock Soul

Roots and Rock and Roll

December 26, 2018December 26, 2018 j. poet 0 Comments

Deep in the heart of Cajun country with Michot’s Melody Makers

Classical Pop

The Carpenters Meet The Philharmonic

December 25, 2018December 27, 2018 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment Karen Carpenter, Richard Carpenter, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Carpenters

The music of the sublime sibling duo is the latest to get an orchestral overhaul

Folk jazz Progressive Rock Rock

The Soft Machine Turns On

December 24, 2018December 24, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1968, Hugh Hopper, Kevin Ayers, Robert Wyatt, Soft Machine

50 years ago, the legendary Jazz/Rock/Fusion ensemble defined the progress in progressive rock

Alternative Rock Rock

Reunited, But Does It Really Feel That Good?

December 22, 2018December 22, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Billy Corgan, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin, Smashing Pumpkins

75 percent of the original Smashing Pumpkins get back together for a short, sharp new studio album

Country and/or Western

Jesus Was A Local

December 21, 2018 Bobby Moore 0 Comments 1979, Christmas, Emmylou Harris, Hot Band

Inside the intersection of region and religion on Emmylou Harris’ 1979 Christmas album

Progressive Rock Rock

Bone Solid

December 21, 2018December 21, 2018 Jordan Blum 4 Comments Porcupine Tree, Progressive Rock, Steve Hackett, Steven Wilson

An exclusive chat with Steven Wilson

Pop Rock

Head’s Up!

December 21, 2018December 21, 2018 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment 1968, Davy Jones, Mickey Dolenz, Mike Nesmith, Peter Tork, The Monkees

A look at the Monkees’ underrated psychedelic classic at 50

Hardcore Heavy Metal jazz Punk

As The Würm Turns

December 20, 2018December 20, 2018 Brad Cohan 0 Comments Black Flag, Chuck Dukowski, ORG Music, SST, Würm

Hardcore punk bass legend Chuck Dukowski reflects on his pre-Black Flag band

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